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I think another aspect of this is who actually wants driverless cars? I'm highly dubious about how popular they'll be in the short to mid term at least anyway.
The hype is all well and good but I don't really see these getting forced upon up everyone.
And there's the fact that people enjoy driving. So these things are going to have to integrate with current system they wont take over. Least not for a good while imo. More likely to be introduced and a security feature in the short to mid term?
Like playing f1 with all the driving aids turned on? 😆
Imagine the MOT for a driverless car.
Apart from the normal car stuff, your MOT garage will have to check the pc that runs all the software. Is it up to date? What's the hard drive (or SSD) like? Are all the sensors working correctly?
This isn't going to happen anytime soon, I think.
I think another aspect of this is who actually wants driverless cars? I’m highly dubious about how popular they’ll be in the short to mid term at least anyway.
Me, I'd take the train over driving if it was more convenient. If I have to do any distance then why should I be doing the work, I could be having a kip or getting some work done while getting there.
And there’s the fact that people enjoy driving.
and a lot of them do so at the detriment to other peoples safety.Things like looking at the scenery while navigating what they think is a quiet road.
I'd be happy to let them drive though if they can pass the same moral tests as an autonomous car and get below the accident rates we specify.
Apart from the normal car stuff, your MOT garage will have to check the pc that runs all the software. Is it up to date? What’s the hard drive (or SSD) like? Are all the sensors working correctly?
You mean like checking all the systems in a modern car? Will be quite quick really, it would probably be in near constant comms with the main system so not really an issue, imagine if the car itself detected a fault and stopped itself from driving?
I was talking to somebody last week about vision systems and using them to measure tread depth, in that case the car could prevent you using it until the safety issue is rectified, not a annual spot check
At least the car will be able to give a record of what happened in the accident, currently the driver just has to say, didn't see them in court as the reason he ploughed into a group of pedestrians rather than slow down.